Cotton-picker



NQ. 752,272. I PATENTED FEB. 16,1904. E. B. VAUGHAN.

COTTON PIGKER. Ammonium: FILED SEPT. 2a. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNIT-ED STATES I Patented February 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD B. VAUGi-IAN, OF SELMA, ALABAMA...

CGTTON-PICKEH.

PECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 752,272, dated February16, 1904.

I Application filed September 23,1903. Serial N01 174,354. (No model.) I

To alZ'ifihom it may concern.- Be it known that I, EDWARD B. VAUGHAN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Selma, in the county .ofDallas and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements. in Cotton-Pickers, of which the following is aspecification. I

Thls invention relates to improvements 1n hand-operated mechanism forcrop-gathering,

and particularly to such as is 'especiallydesigned for picking cotton.

Theobject in view is the provision of means for facilitating theposition of a boll and means for removing the cotton therefrom aftersuch positioning. I The invention comprises certain novel constructions,combinations, and arrangements of of the present invention.

- toreceive the belt Swithex-xg' unnecessary fric-' parts, as'will hehereinafter fully descr'ibed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a. perspective view ofacottonpicking mechanism embodying the features Fig. 2 represents a viewin side elevation of'the same. represents an enlarged fragmentaryperspective view of the cotton-removing fingers and surrounding parts. I4

Referring to the drawings by numerals 1- ilidicates a shitable frameworkprovided with an operatinghandle 2-, extending rearwardly therefromandcarrying at its forward end iateral proggctlng brackets 3 3, engagingthe tubular casings 4 4: and supporting the same in position ;at anacute angle to each otherand tapering to the apex, Where the saidcasingsare sfecured together by a bracket 5, formed with a suitable journal 6,carrying a pulley 7,ab0ut which pulley is-passed an end- .less belt 8,said belt passing throughout the length of casings 4 and at the rearabout a driving-pulley 9, said driving-pulley being provided with anoperating-handle 10.- The pulley 9 is journaled in the frame 1 inanysuitable manner and is preferably provided- ,with annular edge flangesfor guarding against lateral play of the belt 8. The pulley 9 is of adiameter equal approximately to the distance between the rear ends ofcasings 4, soas 5': tion against the ends of said casing,

Fig. 3:

Any suitable bag or container 11 may be suspended from framework 1 in:any preferred manner and is adapted to receive the cotton from thecarrier-belt 8, which in operation is discharged from the same as itpasses about pulley 9. r

The belt 8 is provided with series of teeth designed in operation toengage the cotton,

with the belt 8 outside the pathof'movernent of the various teeth of theseveral series'12.

The bracket 5, carrying pulley 7, is provided with a boll-engagingfinger or member 1 formed hook-shaped and inclined toward the plane ofthe belt 8 for purposes herein inafter specified. In operation the drum9 is driven in the direction indicated by the arrow, and the mechanismis positioned with the member 14: en-

same with the cotton in position for being engaged by the teeth 12. Thecotton will thus be removed and carried along through the upper casing 4and about the pulley 9 until engaged by fingers 13, which lift the sameand drop the cotton into the receptacle 11.

Among the many advantages obtained by thev presentstructure may beobserved the fact-that the member 14 may be employed for lifting aninverted boll and positioning the same without necessitating theoperator stooping to pick up the boll. Further, the fact that thecasings 4: are cylindrical permits any lateral turning or twisting ofthe belt without. endangering clogging of the parts by entangling thecotton fiber with the surrounding casguide the belt 8, and-thereby havea direct correlation to and coaction with the fingers 13, preventingcontacting of said fingers with the teeth 12 through lateral movementofthe belt. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

combination with a frame, of a belt mov able longitudinally thereof,cotton-picking means carried by said belt, anda fixed bollsuitablefingers 13 13 being carried by frame- 1 and extendingin aninclined planein contact 12, extending from the'surface thereof and gaging the stem.of a boll for retaining; the

mg. The flanges'on the pulley 9 positively L- In a hand-operatedcottonrpicker, the

engaging member projecting from the end of said frame beyond said belt.

2. In a cotton-picker, the combination with a frame and cotton engagingand conveying 5 mechanism carried thereby, of a boll-engaging hookprojecting from the end of said frame. 3. In a cotton-picker, thecombination with a frame,a belt carried thereby, and cottonpicking meanscarried by said belt, of a boll- 1 engaging member projecting from saidframe at one side of the belt and inclined toward the other.

4. In a cotton-picker, the combination with a frame, an endless beltcarried thereby, and

I5 tapering approximately to a point, and cotton-picking means carriedby said belt of a hook projecting beyond said point.

5. In a cotton-picker, the combination of tubular casings, meanssecuring the same to- 2O gether and forming a frame, an endless belt 9tubular casings connected at one end and flaring rearward ly therefrom,an endless belt extending, through said casing, cotton-carrying melanson said belt, and means for driving said be t.

7 In ,a cotton-pickenthe combination of tubular casings connected at oneend and flaring rearwardly therefrom, a bracket carried by said casingsat their front end, a pulley journaled in said bracket, an endless beltextending through said casings and passed about said pulley, and meansfor driving said belt.

8. In a cotton-picker, the combination of casings connected at theirfront end, a bracket carried .by said casings at their front end,cotton-conveying means extending through said casings, and aboll-engaging finger projecting from said bracket.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses. I

EDWARD B; VAUGHAN. Witnesses:

FRED BEALL, EDGAR M. KITOHIN.

